I never had a beer belly until I opened my brewery. Sat at an office desk job 40+ hours a week and barely an oz of fat. Now I'm on my feet all day lifting heavy things and running from one end of brewery to other with barely a minute to grab lunch. But at 4 o'clock after brewing all day I find myself compelled to hit the taps.

The same here. I think I gain 20 lb in 2 years. I tell to my kids that I need that muse to lift 150 lb kegs.

And the worst of it Is rarely have beer at home. Nobody told me that before I opened a brewery.

I am pushing past 20 lbs now. And I always make sure there's at least 2 taps at home. That's another part of the problem! I still work out by weight lifting 3 or 4 days a week in addition to brewery work and hiking another 2 days a week but it's no use. I keep getting fatter!

I really watched what I ate and worked outside doing Hydroseeding and landscaping from the time I was thirty till 41 and I still went from 135 to 175. Spent 7 years working in a office, went up to 198 and now at 50 I just got down to 192 and my doctor says I got 15 more. Would be ok if I was about 4 inches taller. Trying to quit drinkin during the week as the extra weight is killing my back.

I swear sometimes the more physical the labor the heavier you will be. For one thing, you have to feed the machine to keep going. And the heavier you are the stronger you can be. Trying to lose weight while doing physical labor is extremely hard.